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Workers in HCM City are estimated to have a monthly average minimum salary of VND10.3 million (USD456) in 2017, the highest level in the country, according to a report by Navigos Group’s online recruitment portal VietnamWorks.

A year after an abrupt US withdrawal left a fledgling 12-nation Pacific trade pact for dead, the 11 remaining states will sign a re-vamped deal Thursday aimed at slashing tariffs.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will add four more flights a week on its routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore and Taipei from March 27.

Small retail stores in HCM City are losing customers as convenience stores have boomed in the recent years.

Vietnam and the European Union (EU) are likely to sign the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) soon, Daniel Muller, ASEAN Regional Manager for the German Asia-Pacific Business Association, said in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reporters

Retail goods and services generated revenues of VND704 trillion (USD30.88 billion) in the first two months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 10.1 percent.

The Japan Conference on Overseas Development of Eco-Cities (J-CODE) wants to cooperate with Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City in urban development.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of approximately US$1.08 billion in the first two months of this year, mainly fuelled by foreign-invested businesses, which saw a surplus of $4.76 billion.

Vice Director of the Department of Animal Health Dam Xuan Thanh has issued an insurance that cheap imported beef had been thoroughly inspected and is safe for consumption.

Some 18,703 new enterprises were established in Vietnam in the first two months of this year, with total registered capital of more than VND197.3 trillion ($8.66 billion).

Economists have opposed a proposal from the Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Association asking for government support.

More than two thousands of cars made in Thailand which are exempted from import tax have been imported into Vietnam, offering local customers opportunities to buy cars at lower prices.

Fitch Ratings in a February 27 report upgraded the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) of Military Bank to “B+” from “B” with a stable outlook and its viability rating to “b+” from “b”. At the same time, it upgraded

The government has approved adjustments to the master plan on air transport development to 2020 with vision until 2030, in which, land allocated to airports will be reduced.

People in HCM City are rushing to markets to buy fruits and vegetarian food in preparation for the first full moon which is an important event and the most significant full moon of the year.

The consumer price index increased in February by an estimated 0.73 per cent against January and 3.15 per cent against February 2017 as local consumers boosted purchases ahead of the Tet holiday, which fell in mid-February and prompted buying

The lack of quality processed coffee for export and a neglected domestic market are preventing Vietnam from creating a recognisable coffee brand to the world.

A hotel project in the central city of Danang has been found to violate construction regulations after adding more floors without permission from authorities.

ADPi Engineering, a French company which specialises in airport architecture and engineering, has proposed an expansion plan for Tan Son Nhat International Airport at a meeting chaired by Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The.